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On August 8,2017, the NJ Supreme Court upended 16 years of law regarding
the legal standard governing the request of a parent who seek to move out of
state with a child or children. In the case of Bisbing v. Bisbing, the NJ Supreme
Court held that a child’s best interest must be considered in all relocation
applications where the parents share legal custody, regardless of the parenting
time arrangements between the parties. Previously, the legal standard was
whether the parent presented a good faith reason to move and whether the move
would not be inimical (contrary) to the child’s interest. Now, all courts must
look at whether the child’s best interest will be served by a parent moving out
of state with that child.

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